[clug] old computer

[Gary Woodman]

--- Tony and Robyn Lewis <gnutered at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Gary Woodman wrote:
> 
> >--- RacHagema at netscape.net wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I have an old pentium mmx 233 mhz laptop with 32MB of ram and a
> 5gig
> >>HD.
> >>Does anyone have any suggestions on any interesting uses of such a
> >>low powered device involving linux?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Gateway/router/firewall.
> >  
> >
> At that spec, I'd be surprised if it had *one* NIC, let alone the
> *two* you need to make a gateway/firewall/router.  > Perhaps the only
way to get 
> them would be a PCMCIA USB hub, and then a couple of USB NICs. 
> Sounds expensive.

Good point, but I see PCMCIA NICs going for ~$20 at the computer
markets. New ones are only $40-$50 (thankfully dongleless these days,
but those wouldn't help here).

And you sometimes see things like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8721192174&category=3710

Gary


		
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